Written by

John Deeth
Guest Opinion

The Iowa City Council has completed a mandatory decennial duty and established a commission for the review of the city's home rule charter. It's taking applications and will appoint the members, and I am, no joke, applying.

I bring a long resume of government and political experience ... but I also bring a lot of baggage. So I'm I'm taking my campaign over the heads of the seven members - two of whom I'm actually on speaking terms with - and taking my message directly to You The People.

The major flaw in Iowa City's government structure is the unrepresentative makeup of the council - specifically, ...